Historical Events in 1975 (Part 4)

Events 601 - 683 of 683

• Nov 25 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day)
• Nov 25 Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases

• Nov 25 A loyalist gang nicknamed the "Shankill Butchers" undertakes its first "cut-throat killing"; the gang was named for its late-night kidnapping, torture and murder (by throat slashing) of random Catholic civilians in Belfast
• Nov 26 US Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
• Nov 26 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
• Nov 26 Boston Red Sox center fielder Fred Lynn becomes the first rookie ever to be named American League MVP
• Nov 26 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• Nov 27 The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
• Nov 28 Democratic Republic of East-Timor proclaimed
• Nov 28 Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
• Nov 28 Wings release "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley
• Nov 28 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.

• Nov 29 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii

• Nov 29 40th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-0 in Birmingham

• Nov 30 Dahomey renamed People's Republic of Benin
• Dec 1 US President Gerald Ford visits People's Republic of China
• Dec 1 Kuwait and Gulf and BP agree on terms of nationalization
• Dec 2 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster, Drente (NL), 3 killed
• Dec 2 Greg Chappell in his debut as Australian cricket captain completes a fine double in 8 wicket win in 1st Test v West Indies in Brisbane; scores 109no in 2nd innings to follow his 1st innings 123
• Dec 2 Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
• Dec 3 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
• Dec 4 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
• Dec 5 "Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
• Dec 5 NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
• Dec 6 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
• Dec 6 Balcombe Street Siege: for 6 days, four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers hold two hostages at an apartment in London, England
• Dec 7 10th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 3-0 vs Sabres
• Dec 7 Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus
• Dec 7 Indonesian army occupies East Timor

• Dec 8 "Raisin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 847 performances
• Dec 9 Yelena Bonner accepts Soviet dissident Andrei Sacharov's Nobel Prize in Oslo
• Dec 9 US President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 Bn loan authorization for NYC


• Dec 9 Iraq completes nationalization by taking over the BP, CFP, and Shell shares of the Basrah Petroleum Company

• Dec 10 Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, to become NWA champ
• Dec 11 US 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents

• Dec 12 Gas stove explodes & starts fire killing 138 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• Dec 12 Sara Jane Moore pleds guilty to trying to kill US President Gerald Ford

• Dec 13 Roy Fredericks hits 169 v Aust at WACA, hundred in 71 balls
• Dec 13 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

• Dec 14 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days
• Dec 14 WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
• Dec 16 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV

• Dec 17 1st time NY Islanders shut-out NY Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th
• Dec 17 John Paul Stevens appointed to the US Supreme Court
• Dec 17 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on US President Ford's life

• Dec 19 The Red Hand Commandos, a very secretive Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, explode a no-warning car bomb in Dundalk, killing 2 civilians and wounding 20
• Dec 20 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles

• Dec 21 "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
• Dec 21 "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 307 performances
• Dec 21 1st NY Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)

• Dec 21 Madagascar adopts constitution
• Dec 21 Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57
• Dec 22 US President Gerald Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
• Dec 23 US Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
• Dec 23 Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith & Dave McNally free agents
• Dec 26 1st supersonic transport service (USSR-Tupolev-144)
• Dec 26 Crowd of 85,661 attend the 1st day of the Australia vs West Indies MCG cricket test
• Dec 26 5th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Arizona State beats #6 Nebraska, 17-14
• Dec 27 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 in Dhanbad, India
• Dec 28 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)
• Dec 28 Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die
• Dec 28 Gary Cosier scores 109 v West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
• Dec 28 Red Army beats NY Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden
• Dec 28 "The Hail Mary", with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a legendary 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, and the "Hail Mary" play is born
• Dec 28 In the aftermath of the Cold War, the New York Rangers become first team in NHL history to face a touring Soviet hockey squad; Soviet Army beats the Rangers, 7-3 at Madison Square Garden
• Dec 29 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC
• Dec 30 "Boccaccio" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 7 performances
• Dec 30 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force
• Dec 30 Ballon d'Or: FC Dynamo Kyiv forward Oleg Blokhin claims award for best European football player ahead of former winners, Bayern Munich defender Franz Beckenbauer and Ajax forward Johan Cruyff
• Dec 31 42nd Sugar Bowl: #3 Alabama beats #7 Penn State, 13-6

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